eɬ

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔəɬ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *əɬ, and therefore cognate with Wailaki -ł, Navajo bił. Related to the ɬ-classifier and the instrumental suffix -ɬ.

Postposition

eɬ

with (comitative)
be'aɬ, be'eɬ ― with him/her/it

sedena' eɬ si eɬ ― with my child and I

se'aɬ ― with me
weather occurs for or on someone
dena'aɬ xadanitr'eyh ― it got windy on us
Appears in many nominalized verbs, paired with the suffix -i
be'aɬ xwdedebeni ― paint (lit. 'with it a surface is painted')

be'aɬ ch'eghwɬdiyi ― story (lit. 'with it something is taught')

Derived terms

-'aɬ chontanenh (“spouse”)
-'aɬto' (“paternal cousin”)
-'eɬ dhedonenh (“spouse”)
-'eɬ tr'anidhedenh (“maternal relative; parallel cousin”)
be'aɬ k'oxudeniyi (“tools”)
be'aɬ ts'etsan' dedet'odhi (“sickle”)
be'aɬ xots'elt'ali (“poultice”)
be'aɬ xwdelzrayi (“carpenter's plane”)
ch'e'ali (“placenta”)
dotro'ela (“black scoter”)
xw'aɬ (“and then, too, also”)
-yots'a'a eɬ dhedonenh (“woman's son-in-law”)

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 34-35

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔəɬ, and therefore cognate with Ahtna ʼeł, Navajo -ʼIL.

Noun

eɬ

spruce boughs

Derived terms

eɬ bega'

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 45